At the competition grounds.
Faced with Fa Ma's accusation, Yan Li flatly insisted that Fa Ma was framing him, stubbornly refusing to admit anything!
Upon hearing Yan Li's words, many spectators in the surrounding stands began discussing among themselves.
Some believed Fa Ma.
After all, Fa Ma had always been the highly respected president of the Alchemist Guild in the Jia Ma Empire.
In their view, he should not do something like falsely accuse another person, even if that person was an alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire.
However, some believed Yan Li was innocent and that Fa Ma was framing him because of his origins!
Since Yan Li had passed the Alchemist Grand Meeting's inspection.
No problem had been detected during the earlier examination, yet now that he was about to win the championship, they claimed he had broken the rules and cheated.
That was far too coincidental. There was obviously something suspicious about it! Still, some believed that even if Yan Li had been wronged, so what?
The Alchemist Grand Meeting held by the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild had never needed to be open to alchemists from the Chu Yun Empire.
This alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire, Yan Li, had exploited a loophole to participate, so his qualification to compete should be revoked!
For a time, discussions filled the surrounding spectator stands.
However, among the three opinions, those who believed Yan Li had been framed were still the most numerous.
Yan Li's disguise had been too perfect. There was not the slightest trace of disguise on his face.
Moreover, Yan Li had placed himself in the role of victim and target of discrimination from the very beginning, instinctively drawing the sympathy of many people.
But Fa Ma had long anticipated the attitude of the spectators.
Hearing